{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including k7eel2-ss.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2025-41421 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2025-41421 is a malicious package in k7eel2-ss, published on 21 Aug 2025."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2025-41421 is a malicious package: k7eel2-ss (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-41421/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-41421/index.md)","id":"MAL-2025-41421","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-41421/index.md","name":"MAL-2025-41421","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The package downloads and executes an executable from a hardcoded URL. The executable is classifed as `Trojan` and confirmed by 47 top sources.\n The package downloads malware from `https://github.com/deprosinal/legendary-funicular` github repo, namely `helo.exe`\n\nImporting the module downloads and executes widely recognized malware\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2025-08-k7eel\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n - malware","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in k7eel2-ss (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2025-41421","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2025"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":[],"introduced":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"k7eel2-ss","purl":"pkg:pypi/k7eel2-ss","source":"MAL-2025-41421"}],"products":null,"published":"2025-08-21","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-41421/"}